Aurélie

Godet

Senior Lecturer of U.S. History

Guest Speaker

Google, Natixis, GDF Suez, Bouygues, Accuracy - Paris(Since April 2009)

• Among topics that I recently covered: “Does the Internet create ‘virtual communities’ ?”, “The American dream: a necessary myth?”, “Gangsters on screen: tragic heroes?”, “Is rock music fundamentally anti-establishment?”, and “Where does the Kennedy myth come from?”.
• Audience : managers and employees. Length of each lecture: 2 hours.

Lecturer in U.S. History and Translation

Paris Diderot University - Paris(September 2005 - September 2010)

• Designed and taught the following undergraduate courses:
  "Introduction to U.S. History, 1450-2010"
  "From the Great Explorations to the Creation of the Republic, 1450-1800"
  "From the Creation of the Republic to the Civil War, 1800-1865"
  "Translation from English into French"

Lecturer on French-American Relations

Academic Programs International - Paris(September 2010 - January 2011)

• Designed and taught a course on "The History of French-American Relations from the 18th Century to the Present".
• Audience: a group of 15 UMass Amherst students.

Oral Examiner in "Classes Prépa"

Georges Clemenceau Preparatory School - Nantes(2005 - June 2010)

• Assessing students' English language skills using news articles.
• Audience: students preparing for the highly competitive entrance examinations to the Ecole Normale Supérieure, HEC, and various engineering schools.

• "Classes Préparatoires" is the term given to the two years of intensive study required to sit the competitive entrance examinations to the "grandes écoles". They are extremely demanding post"baccalauréat" courses.

Fulbright Visiting Fellow

Georgetown University - Washington, DC(September 2005 - September 2008)

• Researching at the Library of Congress.
• Interviewing conservative intellectuals for my dissertation.
• Presenting my work to the faculty of the History Department.

Reviewer for an Online Music Magazine

Albumrock - Paris(2003 - 2005)

• Reviewing albums, DVDs, books, pertaining to the rock n roll genre

• www.albumrock.net

Oral Examiner in "Classes Prépa"

Janson de Sailly Preparatory School - Paris(September 2004 - September 2005)

• Assessing students' English language skills using news articles

Oral Examiner in "Classes Prépa"

Le Parc Preparatory School - Lyons(September 2003 - June 2003)

• Assessing students' English language skills using news articles.